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Manuel pratique d’édition pour l’Afrique francophone
Paris; Tunis: Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF); Centre Africain de Formation à l’Édition et à la Diffusion, 3rd ed. (2012), 248 pp.
El libro en cifras: Boletín estadístico del libro en Iberoamérica
Bogotá: Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) (2012), 16 pp.
"Este nuevo boletín del Cerlalc responde a la urgente necesidad que tiene Iberoamérica de representarse en cifras. El Cerlalc de hoy tiene como prioridad ser una fuente de información y de análisis especializado, que estimule en los países miembros iniciativas públicas y privadas a favor del l
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Traumziel Buch und wie Sie es erreichen: In 24 Trainingsstunden fit für Verlage und Verträge
München: Uschtrin (2012), 303 pp.
"'Traumziel Buch - und wie Sie es erreichen' wendet sich in Form eines 24-Stunden-Trainings an Autorinnen und Autoren. Dieses Workout macht Sie fit für den Konkurrenzkampf, der Sie im modernen Buchmarkt erwartet. Das einleitende Ausdauertraining beschreibt Ihre Rechte als UrheberIn und wie Sie sie
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Verlagslandschaft und Lesekultur
Book Production
Key Guides
Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2012), xviii, 197 pp.
"The first part deals with the increasingly important role of production as project managers, a role which has not been adequately written about in any of the recent literature on publishing. The second part deals with the processes and raw materials used in developing and manufacturing print on pap
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Print, Text and Book Cultures in South Africa
Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press (2012), 476 pp.
"This book explores the power of print and the politics of the book in South Africa from a range of disciplinary perspectives—historical, bibliographic, literary-critical, sociological, and cultural studies. The essays collected here, by leading international scholars, address a range of topics as
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No Shelf Required: E-Books in Libraries
Chicago: American Library Association (2011), xiii, 182 pp.
Arabic Books
In: Arab Media: Globalization and Emerging Media Industries
Cambridge; Maldon, Mass.: Polity Press (2011), pp. 29-44
The Participatory Turn in the Publishing Industry: Rhetorics and Practices
CM: Èasopis za Upravljanje Komuniciranjem = Communication Management Quarterly, volume 6, issue 21 (2011), pp. 203-219
"One of the cultural and media areas in which the issue of participation – with all its ambiguity – has recently emerged to full significance is the area of literature and publishing. Following the music, film and television industries, the publishing industry is in fact facing a vast renewal du
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Optimising Learning, Education and Publishing in Africa: The Language Factor. A Review and Analysis of Theory and Practice in Mother-Tongue and Bilingual Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Hamburg; Tunis: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning; Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) (2011), 380 pp.
The Trans-Saharan Book Trade: Manuscript Culture, Arabic Literacy and Intellectual History in Muslim Africa
Leiden; Boston: Brill (2011), xii, 422 pp.
"As the manuscript treasures in the libraries of Timbuktu and throughout the northwestern quarter of Africa become known, many questions are raised. How did a manuscript culture flourish in the Sahara and in Muslim Africa more generally? Under what conditions did African intellectuals thrive, and ho
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Die Lust auf Liebesromane: Ein kleiner Verlag in Lagos holt nigerianische Literatur zurück nach Hause
welt-sichten, issue 11 (2011), pp. 34-35
"Nigeria hat eine lange Lese- und Literaturtradition und kann sich mit mehreren renommierten Schriftstellern schmücken. Trotzdem werden im Land selbst kaum Bücher von einheimischen Autoren herausgegeben. Der Verlag Cassava Republic will das ändern. Das ist nicht leicht, aber die Verleger lassen s
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"In Europe, Germany and France are ahead in digitally embracing trade books, notably !ction, yet are clearly behind the US and UK. But countries as diverse as Austria, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden have recently seen the implementation of an ebook distribution infrastructure, and at lea
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Digital Publishing in Developing Countries
Deep Insights
Paris: International Alliance of Independent Publishers (2011), 155 pp.
"Is it conceivable that there may be an autonomous evolution of digital publications in developing countries, entirely independent of the richest nations? What support policies could be implemented to promote the growth of this new industry and accompany traditional actors in the process of adapting
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PA Guide to Going Digital
London: Publishers Association (2010), viii, 208 pp.
This guide is constructed partly as a "how to" guide, partly as a survey of markets and models, focusing especially on e-books and e-content. It also includes sections on audiobooks and digital printing.
Publishing for Profit: Successful Bottom-Line Management for Book Publishers
Key Guides
Chicago: Chicago Review Press, revised and expanded 4th ed. (2010), xxvi, 373 pp.
Publishing for Profit is all about the business side of publishing. It focuses on managerial organization (e.g. defining market niches, budgeting, cash flow) and functional organization strategies and techniques (e.g. editorial process management, sales, subsidiary rights, fulfilment). A special cha
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